Honduran Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported

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Was Convicted in State Court of Four Counts of Assault, including Domestic Abuse Assault by Strangulation, after Illegally Reentering the United States

A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to ten months in federal prison.

Eslyn Hernandez-Milla, age 28, a citizen of Honduras illegally present in the United States and residing in Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 8, 2024, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.

At the guilty plea, Hernandez-Milla admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government. Hernandez-Milla was previously deported in June 2018. On January 26, 2024, immigration officials learned Hernandez-Milla had illegally returned to the United States and found Hernandez-Milla at the Black Hawk County Jail following his conviction on state charges. Hernandez-Milla was convicted on January 26, 2024, in the Iowa District Court in Black Hawk County of two counts of Willful Injury Causing Bodily Injury, one count of Domestic Abuse Assault by Strangulation, and one count of Domestic Abuse Assault by Display or Use of a Weapon.

Hernandez-Milla was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Hernandez-Milla was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment. He must also serve a one-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Hernandez-Milla is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 24-CR-2007.

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Updated July 16, 2024